RANKED: The most dastardly Disney movie villains of all time

Our favorite Disney characters wouldn't hold a special place in our hearts if they didn't have to confront and overcome some of the meanest, most ruthless foes around. Though these villains are "bad guys" in children's stories, there's nothing innocent about the lengths they'll go to because of jealousy, greed, and madness.

We ranked the evilest Disney villains, ranking from least to most evil.

Dr. Facilier/The Shadow Man

Many of Disney's villains employ some sort of dark magic to make life difficult for their victims, but the witch doctor Dr. Facilier, aka the Shadow Man from "The Princess and the Frog," had a little something extra in his arsenal: voodoo.

A charismatic, but cruel and power-hungry swindler, the Shadow Man is a conjurer and a sorcerer who uses his access to malevolent spirits — which he refers to as "friends on the other side" — to terrorize and threaten his victims.

The Shadow Man takes the #5 spot on our evilest Disney villain list for being able to put a spell on you, as well as call the undead on you, too.

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Cruella de Vil

Cruella de Vil
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What's right up there as a hot-button issue with cruelty to humans? Animal cruelty, of course. Which is why Cruella de Vil from "101 Dalmatians" is named our fourth evilest Disney villain.

Cruella de Vil is an eccentric, wealthy, chain-smoking fashionista who wants nothing more than a fabulous new coat made out of the fur of 99 Dalmatian puppies. Cruella, indeed. We think animal cruelty groups would agree.

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Gaston

Gaston
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Gaston, Belle's self-proclaimed would-be husband in "Beauty and the Beast," is an arrogant, male chauvinist hunter. His determination to make Belle his wife — whether she wants to be or not — is just as awful as his determination to keep all other suitors away from her. Even if he has to kill them.

Gaston's jealousy and murderous intentions only grow stronger when he finds out that Belle only has eyes for a beast. If Belle were around today, she'd probably be justified in using the hashtag #metoo.

Gaston is our third evilest Disney villain for being a murderous, entitled, chauvinistic, harasser.

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Lady Tremaine

When Cinderella's father marries a widow with two daughters of her own, several years after the death of his wife, they do not become one big happy family. After the untimely death of Cinderella's father, her evil stepmother basically relegates her to a household and personal slave for herself and her daughters.

Being mistreated by anyone is a terrible predicament, but being mistreated by a family member is especially terrible. Though not a blood relative, Lady Tremaine entered Cinderella's life as a maternal figure. Unfortunately, she was everything but nurturing. And, as if Lady Tremaine wasn't mean enough, Cinderella's two stepsisters were just as mean and vindictive as her stepmother.

Scar

In "The Lion King," Scar was Mufasa's younger brother, making him next in line to be king of the jungle. But when Mufasa has a son, Simba, Scar is bumped out of the running. Rather than obey the laws of succession, Scar hatches a plan to overthrow Mufasa and take his crown.

Scar is this list's evilest Disney villain because his foul play results in the actual death of another living creature—his brother and reigning king of the jungle, Mufasa. Unlike the other villains on this list who caused more than a little bit of trouble, Scar is the only one who crossed the line into murder. And the fact that he murdered a close family member puts him in a category by himself.

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Honorable Mention: The Queen of Hearts

While Scar committing murder makes him the evilest Disney villain on our list, the Queen of Hearts from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland gets an honorable mention for beheading her card soldiers at every whim.

While she has every intention to, she never succeeds in executing Alice.